DH Toon | Migrants bear the brunt of Atmanirbhar Bharat
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Most migrant workers in misery, says pre-Covid-19 study
Three months before the Covid-19 outbreak, a State-wide sample survey of construction workers had clearly established that 77% owned no land or were small and marginal farmers. Irregular income from agriculture forced them to migrate to cities for work, a fact dramatically exposed by the crisis.